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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1944

965 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 40 of 49

Allies Load Supply Train In India

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 14 October 1944 · page 3

U.S, military railway troops supervise the loading of supplies for the Allied fighting fronts Northern Burma at a railhead along the Bengal and Assam Railway in India. The American troops operate that part of the railway which is directly connected with Handling military supplies. The last remaining Japanese invasion units In India were pursued across the…

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Misuse Of Motor Vehicles

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 14 October 1944 · page 4

SYDNEY Sat.—Here are some cases of misuse of motor vehicles reported by NRMA officials from city streets in recent…

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Bridge Opening at Chichester

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 17 October 1944 · page 2

On the occasion of the opening of the new bridge at Chichester, at the instigation of Chichester Progress Association a sports and a dance at…

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Menace of The Roads Straying Stock

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 17 October 1944 · page 2

MUSWELLBROOK: The menace of straying stock on the public roads was referred to by Mr. R. Clendinning, JP (District…

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Road Transport. Mr. Abbott's Question

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 17 October 1944 · page 4

Mr. J. P. Abbot (Country Party New England) asked the Minister for Transport:—Has the Minister for Transport read the statement reported in the…

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More Coal For Vic. Railways

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 17 October 1944 · page 2

MELBOURNE Tuesday — The Commissioner for Railways stated that the outlook for Victorian railway services was satisfactory,…

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War Bridge Afternoon

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 18 October 1944 · page 3

To-morrow (Thursday), in the Rotary-C.W.A. Service to Soldiers’ Hall, Bulwer-street, members of the Country Women’s Association…

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Kiel Canal Bridge Wrecked

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 18 October 1944 · page 3

STOCKHOLM Oct. 17.—All traffic in the Kiel Canal has been suspended because of a time bomb, presumably dropped on…

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Road Convey Surprised By Bombers Sixty-Eight Trucks And Staff Cars Destroyed (From Our Correspondent)

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 18 October 1944 · page 3

SOMEWHERE IN THE SOUTH-WEST PACIFIC, Wednesday.—The highlight of to-day’s communique is another raid on the Philippines, in which fighters, in low-level daylight sweeps over northern Mindanao, surprised and…

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Woman Killed by Motor Car

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 18 October 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY Wed—Mrs. Elsie Fulton (50), of Paddington, was killed instantly late last night when hit by a fast-moving car and…

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Munition Workers Cannot Use Express Train

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 20 October 1944 · page 6

The Railway Commissioner has notified Kearsley Council that it Could not accede to the request for munition workers living on the coalfields to be…

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The Transport of Wool by Road Federal Policy Explained

Maitland Mercury · Friday 20 October 1944 · page 4

SYDNEY Friday—The Commonwealth Government’s policy on the carriage of wool by road is that it cannot be permitted beyond the existing specified mileage, and that the movement of wool would be determined solely by the…

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Electricity for Railway. Department Accepts Council's Offer

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 20 October 1944 · page 1

In his report to the Municipal Council on Wednesday, Mr. C. G. Edwards (electrical engineer) recommended that the following scale of charges be…

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Railway Employees and Extra Pay

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 October 1944 · page 4

It is stated that efforts are to b made by the Australian Railway Union and other unions whose members are employed by the Railway…

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Motorists Waste Petrol

Maitland Mercury · Friday 20 October 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday.—The NRMA chief engineer, Mr, J. Fielder; says that if all motorists got out of their vehicles the…

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Spare Parts for Motorists

Maitland Mercury · Friday 20 October 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY. Friday.—The NRMA reports that a new list of controlled spare parts for motor vehicles gives the best news…

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Developmental Road Plans

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 21 October 1944 · page 2

In reply to a question asked at the meeting of Stroud Shire Council by Cr. Wilson, the acting engineer said he understood that…

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Maintaining Country Roads Traffic From State Forests

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 21 October 1944 · page 2

Stroud Shire Council has been advised by Mr. R. L. Fitzgerald, MLA, that the Minister for Works and Local Government…

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Stroud Road

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 24 October 1944 · page 2

It is with regret that we said good-bye to Miss J. Cook, of Stroud Road, on the 18th of this month, when she departed from the district for…

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Sydney-newcastle Train

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 24 October 1944 · page 1

The Secretary of Railways (Mr. Nicholas) announced that the train which now leaves Sydney at 1.25 a.m., Mondays to Saturdays, for Newcastle…

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